Venues in North Lincolnshire will benefit from Arts Council England funding over the next four years.

The Ropewalk on Maltkiln Road, Barton, will receive more than £568,000 and 20-21 Visual Arts Centre in Church Square, Scunthorpe, will benefit from £298,980 over four years, with £74,745 for 2018/19.

20-21 Visual Arts Centre in Scunthorpe.

The managing director of The Ropewalk, Liz Bennet, said she was thrilled to receive confirmation of the success of her application from Arts Council England for both a Small Capital Grant and to continue as a National Portfolio Organisation for the next four years.

In total, The Ropewalk will receive a total of more than £568,000 from Arts Council England to continue its work as a regionally acclaimed arts centre.

A Small Capital Grant (Round Five) of £300,000 means that Waterside Artists Co-operative is within touching distance of purchasing the building from its present owners, Ian and Mark Proudfoot of Scarborough.

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The Waterside Artists’ Co-operative brought the building back to life in April 2000 after leasing it from the Proudfoot brothers who built a superstore on part of the former Hall’s Barton Ropery site after it closed as a factory in 1989.

Initially just the southern end of the building was renovated but seven years later, in April 2007, the entire length of the quarter-mile long building was opened with galleries, coffee shop, artists’ studios, creative industries units and the live entertainment venue, Ropery Hall.